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1
T or F:
The division bet. the East and the West began in the closing months of WWII...
TRUE - Both blocs didn't trust one another prior to 1945
FALSE - Both blocs only came to a conflict after WWII
2
In the late 1980s, the Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev introduced reforms called...?
War and insecurity
Peace and security
None of the above
perestroika and glasnost
3
T or F:
In 1960, about 200 000 East Berliners had made their escape to West Berlin...
TRUE
FALSE
4
What did the final opening of the Berlin Wall and reunification of Germany symbolise?
The beginning of UN peacekeeping missions
The collapse of the Eastern bloc and the end of the Cold War
The beginning of the Somalian civil war
None of the above
5
T or F:
In July 1951, peace talks began after the Korean War had reached a deadlock...
TRUE
FALSE
6
T or F:
China came under the control of a communist government in 1949...
TRUE
FALSE
7
What happened on the 25th of June 1950?
Hitler committed suicide
The US placed blockades around Cuba
Winston Churchill was replaced
North Korea invaded South Korea
8
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
None of the above
He lead the capitalist war against the French in Vietnam
PM of French Indochina
He headed the communist Viet Minh from 1941
9
Who described Soviet Union control of the
Eastern
bloc as being like an ‘iron curtain’?
British PM Winston Churchill
US President Harry Truman
Italian PM Benito Mussolini
Australian PM John Curtin
10
What happened in 1961 in Berlin?
None of the above
Castro visited the city to discuss communist ideologies
The construction of a concrete wall to divide E and W Berlin
JFK was assassinated
11
Sadly, the
new order
has failed to end conflicts which had their origins back in the...?
Carthaginian conflict against Rome
None of the above
Viking conflict against the Anglo Saxons
Cold War era
12
T or F:
After Dien Bien Phu, a ceasefire agreement then divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel...
FALSE
TRUE
13
Who was Fidel Castro?
A Cuban capitalist revolutionary who governed Cuba as PM
None of the above
A Cuban communist revolutionary who governed Cuba as PM
A capitalist ideologist who governed the USA as president
14
What are some examples of other countries that were included within the
Eastern
bloc?
Poland, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary and East Germany
West Germany, the UK and France
None of the above
Australia, NZ and Fiji
15
In 1990, the US President George Bush announced the birth of what?
His first child
The beginning of UN peacekeeping
A new world order
His second child
16
Who was John F Kennedy?
The Australian PM
The French PM
The British PM
The US President during this period
17
T or F:
From 1962 until 1972, approximately 60 000 Aust. men and women served in Vietnam...
FALSE
TRUE - As a result of Aust. forward defence policy
18
Which two countries emerged as the new superpowers at the end of WWII?
Germany and Italy
USSR and France
USA and the UK
USA and USSR
19
What did the term
forward defence
mean in relation to Australia during this period?
A policy of aggressive expansion
A policy of isolationism
A policy sending troops to fight potential enemies overseas
A policy of containment
20
Which communist country led the
Eastern
bloc?
Italy
USA
USSR
UK
21
Why was the Battle of Dien Bein Phu bet. the French and Viet. communists in 1954 significant?
None of the above
It was a French victory
The French lost their Indochinese colonies
Capitalism won against communism
22
T or F:
Tension and confrontations continued to rise and fall during the period this period...
FALSE
TRUE
23
During this period, who was appointed the Supreme Commander of UN forces as a result of Korea?
US General Douglas MacArthur
None of the above
British PM Winston Churchill
USSR leader Joseph Stalin
24
Which capitalist country led the
Western
bloc?
USSR
UK
USA
Germany
25
T or F:
At the end of WWII, Ho Chi Minh claimed Vietnamese independence from the French...
TRUE
FALSE
26
T or F:
Castro allowed the USSR to install atomic warhead missiles on Cuban territory...
FALSE
TRUE - In response to a failed US-backed invasion of Cuba
27
T or F:
The Cuban missile crisis had brought the world a step too close to nuclear war...
TRUE - It ended with the USA respecting Cuba’s sovereignty
FALSE
28
T or F:
TheUS and the Soviet Union divided responsibility for Korea at the 38th parallel...
TRUE
FALSE
29
What does the term
subjugation
mean in the context of the Cold War?
None of the above
The act of encouraging a country to rule by their own means
Self governance
The act of bringing a country under complete control
30
T or F:
The tension between the East and West came to a crisis point in the city of Berlin...
TRUE
FALSE
